Allergy to drugs in children

The allergic reactions occur when our body recognizes a substance, which is called an allergen, as bad for our health. This contact causes an exaggerated response that appears in various areas of the body. It is common for the allergen to be a type of medicine that is consumed to fight an illness or

Theallergic reactions occur when our body recognizes a substance, which is called an allergen, as bad for our health. This contact causes an exaggerated response that appears in various areas of the body.

It is common for the allergen to be a type of medicine that is consumed to fight an illness or alleviate a medical condition. Between 5% and 10% of the most common adverse drug reactions are allergic, which means that the patient's defensive system overreacts to the medication.

Allergic reactions to drugs occur because the body of the child or the adult reacts against the medicine that has been taken. An allergy never occurs in the first dose of the medication, but certain doses must be taken for the reaction to take place.

Symptoms of drug allergies

The allergic reactions to drugs have several symptoms, the most frequent being urticaria, which appears shortly after the allergy occurs, and the rash. There may also be fever.

The most serious symptoms that may occur are attacks ofanaphylaxisor worrisome skin reactions. In addition, the child or adult may have vomiting, diarrhea, rhinoconjunctivitis or breathing difficulties.

Diagnosis and treatment of allergies

To make a study of the drug allergy, you must analyze the symptoms that have appeared after taking fármathe drug, the composition of the medication, what it was administered for, how long it took until symptoms appeared, how long they lasted and whether they disappeared on their own or needed treatment.If the reaction was serious and the responsible medication is known, the diagnosis is made without testing, only by clinical history. But if the reaction was not very serious or several

medications were consumed, an allergological study should be performed, the usual allergy tests.Allergic reactions to drugs do not have a

specific treatment . The only possible treatment, once diagnosed, is to prevent the child from taking the medication in question and the other drugs from the same family. You can also resort to desensitization, which involves the administration of a medicine to a patient who is allergic.Patricia García

. Editor of Guiainfantil.com